Thinking of trying college again

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I'm in my third year of community college and it took me a while but I eventually learned how important the environment is. Is college for me? yes but not in the traditional sense. I am planning to transfer to a school for cinema production and being in my community definitely helped me in finding out the best possible future for me. I prefer community college over high school and middle school. Go ahead and take your single course, give it your 100% and see if you like it this time.

I used to have to take two courses because I flunked the math portion of the accuplacer and had to do mandatory remedial math in addition to any secondary course. I also didn't have my own vehicle at the time so I was even more at the mercy of my mother than I am now and my work schedule was slightly less invasive then; I used to work from 1:00 to 5:00 and I've worked 12:00 to 5:00 since 2015. Still, I couldn't get any help from math tutors since they were only available during my work hours and the services for "disabled" people were awful.

Have you finally passed the math requirements? If not, you might look into requesting a variance from the dean of students' office due to dyscalculia or whatever it's called - a learning disability specific to math. (Other people here probably know more about this than I do.)

Anyway, if you aren't going for an AA but just a certificate, possibly math wouldn't be a requirement.

Never hesitate to stack the deck in your own favor. Get an exception from the dean, hire a private tutor when you are free, etc.

Are you feeling excited about the idea of returning, or are you dreading it? To me, it seems like it might be a step in a good direction for you. The key is to have a success where you have experienced a failure before. You are not dumb, but you aren't always your best advocate. But you no doubt have more maturity now than you had at 20.

I don't have to do mandatory math anymore but if I want even an Associate's Degree, I need to do another math class.

I may not be able to go back after all now.

I was told college was going to be better than high school. It only ended up being like high school all over again except for the fact I had the choice to leave it.